NUE Nucor
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Basic Materials · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens)
Nucor (NUE) is a basic materials company in the Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) industry, with a market capitalization of $63.0 billion. Shares last traded at $277.63, 3.5% below their 52-week high. Over the past year the stock is up 85.4%. NUE trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.84, in line with the Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) median of 21.84. Net profit margin is 8.0%, above the peer median of 7.0%. Revenue grew 5.7% year over year. The shares yield 0.8% in dividends.
* P/E (TTM) = market cap ÷ net income over the trailing twelve months where four consecutive quarters are reported, otherwise the latest fiscal year — the same basis as the peer table and the screener, so it can differ from price ÷ EPS.
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Trailing twelve months where four consecutive quarters are reported, otherwise the latest fiscal year; revenue is the fiscal-year figure where quarterly revenue covers under half of it (typical for banks, insurers and REITs), and margins are taken on it; latest reported period ends 2026-07-04. Source: SEC EDGAR/XBRL.
NUE Dividend History
| Fiscal year end | Total dividends paid | Per share* | Payout ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $512M | $2.22 | 29% |
| 2024-12-31 | $522M | $2.19 | 26% |
| 2023-12-31 | $515M | $2.06 | 11% |
| 2022-12-31 | $534M | $2.03 | 7% |
| 2021-12-31 | $483M | $1.65 | 7% |
| 2020-12-31 | $492M | $1.62 | 68% |
| 2019-12-31 | $492M | $1.61 | 39% |
| 2018-12-31 | $485M | $1.53 | 21% |
| 2017-12-31 | $485M | $1.51 | 37% |
| 2016-12-31 | $481M | $1.50 | 60% |
| 2015-12-31 | $479M | $1.50 | 594% |
| 2014-12-31 | $475M | $1.48 | 70% |
*Per share derived as total dividends paid ÷ weighted diluted shares (SEC EDGAR/XBRL annual cash-flow facts). Reported history — not a forecast of future dividends.
NUE is a Dividend Aristocrat (25+ consecutive years of increases). Compare payers on the highest-dividend-yield screener.
Recent earnings
| Period | EPS (diluted) | Reported |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $5.04 | 2026-08-12 |
| Q1 2026 | $3.23 | 2026-05-13 |
| Q4 2025 (derived) | $1.62 | 2026-02-25 |
| FY 2025 | $7.52 | 2026-02-25 |
| Q3 2025 | $2.63 | 2025-11-12 |
| Q2 2025 | $2.60 | 2025-08-13 |
Q4 marked "derived" = fiscal-year EPS minus Q1–Q3 (10-Ks report only the annual figure); EPS is not strictly additive, so it can differ by a cent or two from the issuer's own Q4.
Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) peers
NUE vs 13 industry peers (Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens)), by market cap. Data as of close
| NUE | Nucor | $63.0B | 21.84 | 1.74 | 8.0% | +1.40% |
| STLD | Steel Dynamics | $35.8B | 18.28 | 1.61 | 8.8% | +0.45% |
| CRS | Carpenter Technology Corp | $14.4B | 25.27 | 4.52 | 17.9% | +2.67% |
| CMC | Commercial Metals Co | $7.2B | 11.04 | 0.77 | 7.0% | +2.95% |
| SXC | Suncoke Energy, Inc. | $950M | — | 0.50 | -2.9% | -1.24% |
| MTUS | Metallus Inc. | $883M | 109.05 | 0.72 | 0.7% | +0.85% |
| ASTL | Algoma Steel Group Inc. | $520M | — | — | — | +3.77% |
| TWI | TITAN INTERNATIONAL INC | $322M | — | 0.19 | -6.8% | +7.32% |
| SIM | GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V. | — | — | — | — | +4.61% |
| PKX | Posco Holdings Inc. | — | — | — | — | +3.51% |
| TX | Ternium S.A. | — | — | — | — | -1.17% |
| TS | Tenaris Sa | — | — | — | — | -3.96% |
| MT | Arcelormittal | — | — | — | — | +2.43% |
Source: SEC EDGAR (fundamentals/EPS/dividends) · Databento EQUS.MINI (prices) · market cap & yield computed by tradmap. Informational only — not financial advice.